Tying off crochet ends

Almost every project requires you to know how to weave in ends in crochet. Here are step by step photos and a video tutorial to teach you.

One of the most important parts of crochet, yet the most overlooked part, is finishing off, or, rather learning to weave in the ends. When my Nonna taught me to crochet way back in 1974, there were two things she told me that continue to reverberate in my head:

Learn the Secret to Weaving in the Ends perfectly! They will not come undone. I teach you 2 different ways easily & quickly in a video tutorial.

In this lesson of our Crochet 101 series, we go over how to bind off crochet and neatly weave in the ends for a perfect finish.

Have you ever had the perfect crochet project, that has no border, and you come to the end where it says Fasten Off and you cringe because you know you won’t be able to hide it? Or, have you been told you should not use…

Do you want to join your yarn in a fast and secure way? Learn how to join yarn with the magic knot! Useful for both crocheters and knitters

Finishing is something that most crocheters don’t take much time to think about, but it can really make or break a project. One important aspect that every crochet project includes is loose ends. There is nothing worse than spending hours on a project only to rush through the finishing and have ends sticking out. I’ll never forget the first scarf I made in more than one color. It was a striped scarf in super bulky yarn and I simply tied the two colors together at every color change, tucked…

The Magic Knot is a great skill to have in your tool box. It is faster than the Russian Join and leaves no tails to weave in from the change.